In response to a grand jury’s failure indict Daniel Pantaleo, the
white Staten Island police officer who was captured on video choking
unarmed, black Eric Garner to death, a collective of Southeast Asian
activists have issued an
open letter encouraging solidarity with black people. The letter—unedited:
OPEN LETTER TO OUR SOUTHEAST ASIAN COMMUNITY ON BLACK SOLIDARITY: PLEASE SHARE
To our loved Southeast Asian people,
In Washington, DC, demonstrators march in the street during a protest against a New York grand jury December 3, 2014.
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